Improvement in combined beer and water coolers



MARY NlcHe LSoN. Combined Beer' and Water Coolers.

Patented Sept. 1,1874.

` spective View v ,on the proieeticnsgor UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARY Nici'rotson, vor WEsTnnN roar, MARYLAND.

' IMPROVEMENT IN coMBlNED BEER AND WATER cooLE-Rs.

Specification forming part of Leiters Patent No. 154,709, dated September 1, 1874 applieatlon filed .nny 14, 1874.

-To all whom lit 'may concern:

, 4lle it knownthat 1, MARY N1c1IoLsoN,of and State of Maryland, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements .in Beer and Wai ter Coolers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact' description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part ot' this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of my combined beerand water cooler. Fig. 2 is a top view'of the ice-receptacle ofthe cooler,

with the covers removed;v and Fig.- 3, a perof-'the vbeer reeeptaele and its' attachments. Y i

Similar lettersjo'f reference inthe accompanying drawingsY denote the same parts.

rlhe object of my invention is to provide a cooler 'for .both beer, vor-,other beverages, and water, the cold water being utilized in cooling `the beer, while at the same time the beer or cold water can be'dr'a'wn oit' for use when desired, the place of-thel vlatter being supplied,

by cold water from an ice-receptacle; and toI these ends it consists inthe employment-.of an inclined beer-receptacle,"providedwith indue;

' tion and eduction pipes and surronluled `by a l suitable casing, leavin gV anv open space entirely surrounding the if beer-rcc'eptaele,ior the fre-r ceptionv of; 'cold w'ater, which passes'th'rough y perfbrations inthe'bottom of an ice-recepta-V ele situated immediately ovcrthe beer-receptacle, the outercasing surrounding thellatterv and-V the eduction-pipe being also Aprovided with cocks, by means-'of whicheold water `or heer maybe drawn when desired.

.Y y In the Vaccompanying drawing, `risa vessel provided with lprojections b Il von` the yupper, lace of'it's bottom, projection b. `beinivgfr higher than the projection b, so aste give a slight'inl clination` "to v the beer-receptacle' which rests ceptaclefisof smaller dimensions than the vessel a, lso as to leavel a water-spaceentirelywhich is providedintroducing beer. or other beverage to bev cooled, into the receptacle f.

p y The opposite end of the receptacle f provided with an seats 11.11.` i The beer-ref` eduction-pipe, c, and cock s, for drawing the cooled beer when desired. The beer-reeeptacle j is-inclined to cause a more rapid 110W of the liquid contained therein. c c are slots `made in the end of the vessel a for the passage of the induction and eduction pipes, and p isa curved pipe in the vessel a., provided with acock. N is an ice-receptacle, provided with a perforated bottom and a flange below the latter, which fits into the top of the vessel a. m is a chamber, entirely surrounding the inner part ot' the ice-receptacle, leaving a arge central space concentric with the outer casing of the ice receptacle for the introduction of ice, which is closed by a suitable cover.` The dimensions of the chamber m are less than those oi the ice-receptacle, so that spaces are left between the top and bot- .tom of the chamber m and the top and bottom of lthe ice-receptacle. o o are orifices for the reception of bottles, which rest on the bottom ofthe chamber m. n is the cover'of the ieercceptacle.

The operation of my apparatus is as follows Beer, orother liquids to be cooled, is introduced into' the inclined beer-receptacle f through the induction-pi pe i, at its enlarged end d, and is'draw ont, as desired, through the Veductionpipe when cooled by the water Howing through the perforatioils in the bottom of the ice-plate, the water thus entirely surroundingthebeer-receptacle, while, by the construction, water can be alsodrawn, when desired, 'jfrom the pipe p, thus rendering the apparatus a combined beer and water cooler. The liquids contaiped in the bottles introduced into the orifices o o are cooled by the ice 'in its receptacle.

The outer surface of the apparatus isprefe'rably Vcovered with gum cloth or other nonconducting material, and is provided with suitable handles. The induction and eduction pipes aremade in sections, and the upper part of the induction-pipe may be removed and the `hose of a pump applied to the lower section, to fill the beer-receptacle.

It is obvious that,lby making the vessel a larger, several receptacles for beer, ale, or other beverages, may be employed. A lid is preferably placed on the enlarged end d of the v induction-pipe.l

I clailn as my invention- 1. The vessel a, 'provided with the slots o and projections b fb', of unequal height in. its

bottom, and pipe p, in combination with v the inclined receptacle f, having the induction and 'educton pipes i and e, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. The vessel a, constructed us. set forth, l and inclined beer-receptacle f, having induction and educton pipes and e, in combinzn tion' with the ice-receptacle N, provided with perforated bottom, substantially us described,

y.und for the purpose set forth.

MARY NICHOLSON.

Witnesses:

E. A. ELLSWORTH, MELVILLE CHURCH. 

